judged by its business activities . the german government does not consider the church of scientology to be a religious or world ##view community and asserts that scientology is a profit @ - @ making enterprise , rather than a religion . recent years have seen a number of court decisions in scientology ' s favour , despite the very widespread negative attitude to scientology among politicians and the general public . = = government surveillance = = given the history of nazis ##m ' s rise to power in germany in the 1930s , the present german state has committed itself to taking active steps to prevent the rise of any ideology that threatens the values en ##sh ##rine ##d in the german constitution . the bf
judged by its business activities. the german government does not consider the church of scientology to be a religious or worldview community and asserts that scientology is a profit @ - @ making enterprise, rather than a religion. recent years have seen a number of court decisions in scientology's favour, despite the very widespread negative attitude to scientology among politicians and the general public. = = government surveillance = = given the history of nazism's rise to power in germany in the 1930s, the present german state has committed itself to taking active steps to prevent the rise of any ideology that threatens the values enshrined in the german constitution. the bf